John Fennings Taylor (Rolyat is Taylor spelled backwards) who was once the deputy clerk of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada.

A residential street located in Beaconsfield Village, in the Dundas St. W.-Ossington Ave. area of Toronto, Rolyat St. is named for John Fennings Taylor (Rolyat is Taylor spelled backwards) who was once the deputy clerk of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada. Taylor was also a member of the prominent Denison family — early landowners in the town of York — having married Elizabeth Denison in 1828.